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<p><font class=indextop>graphical editing framework<br>
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<font class=indexsub>Project Architecture</font></p>
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		<td class="minor">Project Description</td>
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		<p dir="ltr">The <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/gef">Graphical Editing Framework Project</a> is a 
		runtime UI framework consisting of two plug-ins. These plug-ins depend 
		on the Rich Client Platform, plus the add-in <b>org.eclipse.ui.views</b> 
		plug-in for property sheet support.</p>
		<p dir="ltr">Refer to the <a href="overview.html">GEF Project overview</a> for additional 
		information.</p>
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		<td>&nbsp;<p><img src="images/architecture.gif"/></p>
		<p dir="ltr">GEF project components and their dependencies. The <b>
		draw2d</b> plug-in requires only SWT. The <b>gef</b> plug-in requires 
		the Rich Client Platform, and the views plug-in, which provides the 
		property sheet.</td>
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